Summer nights are made to be enjoyed. Grab the kids, a blanket and picnic, and head to the park nearest you. Mills Park in Carson City features its first ever ‘Movie in the Park’ tonight with a showing of ‘Sing’.
Native artivists draw on a long tradition of speaking truth to power. For KNPR’s Native Nevada podcast, a few of them talked about the messages of their predecessors and their own workJean LaMarrCourtesy of Nevada Art MuseumJean LaMarr told the Nevada Appeal in 2003, “The concerns of my life manifest in my art, which is about racism, stereotypes, wars, and the destruction of Mother Earth.” Great Basin Native Artists founder and curator Melissa Melero-Moose told KNPR about seeing LaMarr’s work when she was a student at the Institute of American Indian Art in the early ’90s: “My mind exploded. … She has a great story to tell about activism and going to school at (UC) Berkeley in the ’70s. I mean, she’s telling the story of women being exploited so badly over the years and stereotypes and just the sexism that was involved in not just females in history, but specifically Indigenous females. So, it spoke directly to me.”Sana SanaReno-based artivist Sana Sana works in man
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The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum is now showcasing a new collection of beadwork from beaded goblets to cradleboards at its Great Basin Native Artists Gallery.
The exhibit features work from Stewart alumni and the Great Basin Native Artists Collective. It will be displayed through Oct. 23 in Carson City.
“Great Basin Native Artists is so honored to be able to have this beautiful space to exhibit our artwork and share with our community these American artists (who are) unique to this area of Nevada,” founder Melissa Melero-Moose said in a prepared statement. “There is so much more where this came from.”